Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-24
HoRsE RA1LRoAn NOTES.

Three Elegant New Cars for the Whit
ney Avenue ROad-NeTV Track 10 be
Lafd-ElectrfcIty and Horse Rail.
roads.
Two of the new cars CT the Whitney ave
nue. horse railroad stood on Church street,
corner of Chapel, yesterday afternoon at four
o'clock, ready to start for their first trip over
the road. Directors Blatchley, Corey and
Emery of the road stood gazing at the new
cars and expressed complete satisfaction with
their appearance. The three new cars for
this road arrived this week and have been
for day or two at the barn of the State
street horse railroad receiving the usual ne-
cessary adjusting preparatory to putting
them in service, such as adjusting the SNOW
plows. President Warren of the company
on being interviewed said the dictatorship
were fully satisfied with the new cars. They
were made in Philadelphia by Brill and are
beauties. They were viewed at the car house
by numbers of our citizens, including officers
of other roads, and all pronounce them adj
mirable in design and equipment and as
handsome cars as were ever brought to the
city. They are in color pleasing yellow
and are finished in the interior in ash, black
walnut, cherry and maple, with bronze and
silver trimmings. A fine improvement is the
large plate glass windows, five only on
side. They are SO large that passengers
standing up inside can without STOPPING have
full view Of what is passing outside and
of the sitters, while the windows
light up the cars finely and
being so large will when opened in the sum-
mer give the cars the appearance of excursion
cars and conduce greatly to comfort. The
doors of the cars have each large plate glass
window, which in summer when opened by
sliding it downward will afford fine breeze
and passage of air through the cars The
aperture in the door for making change is on
the side of the door instead of in the center
as in other cars. The ventilation windows in
the sides of the roof are of cathedral glass
and will look beautiful at night when the
cars are lit up by tho large reflector and ele-
CANT FURNISHED lamp which each car is fur
nished with. The car platforms are strongly
braced with iron rods and will not yield to
pressure, the steps are furnished with the
protective perforated side guard and there
are various minor Improvements on the old
styles.
President Warren said the new ears would
90 at once into service on the Whitney ave-
nue. road and that trips would be made
every twenty minutes during the winter in
stead of every half hour as formerly, three
cars being run instead of two. One of the
old cars would be retained as an extra; the
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programme included the laying of new track
throughout over the Whitney7ille road,
work which would involve considerable ex-
pense, but was rendered necessary owing to
the worn out state of the old rails. The new
car house and new barn of the Whitneyville
road are on Whitney avenue, corner
of Rock Lane. The barn will &C
commodate eight ears. The stables have stall
room for forty horses. President Warren,
when asked regarding the probabilities as to
the coming use of electricity as the motive
power on the State street road, said it would
undoubtedly be used when the system was
thoroughly perfected. At the meeting of
presidents of horse railroads in Philadelphia
last summer the subject was one of the chief
topics under consideration. With electricity
saving of one-third to one-half in expense
would be made. Superintendent Ward of
the West Haven road has the matter OF run
ming the West Haven cars by electricity at an
early date under advisement.